Cumulative Update 8 package for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack2
I felt like somehow I missed to post the availability of Cumulative Update package releases here and referring the last CU7_Update package blogpost now we have CU8 available for download if the specified problem occurs in your platform as per the KBA 951217 here.
Obviously this is for the installations that will have SQL Server 2005 SP2 and includes 50 Resolved Issues & 39 Unique Customer Requests, thats a lot.
As usual the best practice note from Microsoft and industry is Cumulative Updates are designed to correct only the problems described in the associated KB article. We recommend that customers apply CU packages only to systems that are experiencing those specific problems outlined in the above KB article.